[Music by Dream Theater. Lyrics by John Petrucci.]

I. Prelude [Instrumental]


II. Resurrection


I saw a white light
Shining there before me,
And walking to it,

I waited for the end:
A final vision
Promising salvation;

A resurrection
For a fallen man.


Do you still wait for your god
And the symbol of your faith?


I can free you from this hell and misery.
You should never be ashamed, my son.
I can give you power beyond anything.

Trust me, you will be the chosen one.

I was forgotten,

A body scorned and broken;
My soul rejected,
Tainted by his blood;

Beyond redemption,
A sinner not worth saving;
Forever taken

From the one I loved.

Do I still wait for my god

And the symbol of my faith?

I can lead you down the path and back to life.

All I ask is that you worship me.
I can help you seek revenge and save yourself;
Give you life for all eternity.


Servants of the fallen
Fight to pave the way

For their savior's calling
On this wicked day!


Through a veil of madness,
With a vicious blade,
One man rises up,

Standing in their way!

Redemption!

Redemption for humanity?.

III. Heretic


Welcome, tired pilgrim
Into the circle.

We have been waiting?.

Everyone's gathered

For your arrival?
All the believers?.


Angels fall
All for you,
Heretic?.

Demon heart,
Bleed for us?.


I've been waiting for you,
Weary preacher man.
You have been expected;

Now we can begin:
Let this hallowed day of judgment reign?.


I have known you, father,
And your sacred quest:
Blessed soldier fighting,
You shall never rest.
I have known you, but do you know me?


Angels fall
All for you,
Heretic!
Demon heart,

Bleed for us!

?My soul is yours,
Dark Master,
I will fight for you!?


Dark Master within,
I will fight for you!
Dark Master of sin,
Now my soul is yours!

Dark Master, my guide,
I will die for you!
Dark Master inside?.

I cannot see his face,
But I can feel his spite:

A presence from the dead
Abandoned by the light.
This shadow will consume him
From within.

This power that I sense,
The rage behind those eyes,

Is just a shrouded ghost,
A spirit sealed inside:
The body and the soul for threats,
For they are one.

Angels fall
All for you,

Heretic!
Demon heart,
Bleed for us!

?My soul is yours,
Dark Master,
I will fight for you!?


Dark Master within,
I will fight for you!
Dark Master of sin,
Now my soul is yours!
Dark Master, my guide,
I will die for you!

Dark Master inside?
Dark Master?amen!
I belong to you!
Dark Master within?.

IV. The Slaughter of the Damned


Don't
Bother trying to find them?
They will be coming for you!
Fight!
Fight and destroy
Until you can't take anymore!

Slay!
Spill the blood of the rebels?
They are the children of hell,
Flesh
Of the undead,
Stopping at nothing to kill!

Sin!
Caught in a moment of weakness,
Committed the greatest of all:
Sold
Half of my soul,
And now it's too late for you!

I judge as
My eyes see!
I judge and I am just,
For I speak
Of the beast
That lives in all of us.

Unwelcome ones,
Your time has come!

Lord,
You are my god and my shepherd?
Nothing more shall I want!
Walk
Through the abyss
Into the shadow of death!

Fear!
There is no evil to fear now,
For I know you are with me!
My
Cup overflows
With my enemies' blood!

I
Decay in the house of the lord
Forever?amen!
Death
Will follow me
All the days of my life!

I judge as
My eyes see!
I judge and I am just,
For I speak
Of the beast
That lives in all of us.

Unwelcome ones,
Your time has come!

Servants of the fallen
Fight to pave the way
For their savior's calling
On this wicked day!

Through a veil of madness,
With a vicious blade,
One man rises up,
Standing in their way!

?It's time for your reckoning.?

V. The Reckoning [Instrumental]

VI. Salvation

My soul grows weaker?.
He knows and he waits;
He watches over me
Standing at the infernal gates.
In the hour of darkness,
The moment I feared has passed,
The moment I lost my faith
Promising salvation.
My soul is my own now!
I do not fight for you,
Dark Master!